(本文发布于12月17日,作者是Bleach Report网站的记者Grant Huges,文章内容不代表译者观点。)
随着12月15日的到来,NBA交易季正式开启。现在,多支球队开始考虑进行交易。从现在起直到明年2月6日的交易截止日期,各队关于交易的话题将会越来越频繁。在这其中,一些球队如金州勇士和新奥尔良鹈鹕等,更加迫切需要采取行动以改善现状。
以下是我们评选出的,在本次交易截止日前最急需做出改变的六支球队:
金州勇士
库明加曾有机会证明自己是除了库里之外的重要得分手,但他的表现并未持续太久。他作为首发球员场均仅能贡献16.8分,并且真实命中率低至50.5%。此外,他在防守端的位置感欠缺,也没有展现出在“阅读防守进攻”体系中的稳定性,因此勇士正在对他进行最终评估。
尽管勇士通过与篮网达成了施罗德交换梅尔顿(因伤赛季报销)的协议,这笔操作旨在减轻库里的压力,却无法解决库明加的问题,也不足以让他们重回总冠军争夺行列。因此,用库明加换取老将得分手,对于当前正处于夺冠窗口期的勇士来说显得尤为重要。据悉,库明加希望续约时年薪达到3500万美元,而上个夏天,他们也理智地拒绝了他的提前续约请求。
印第安纳步行者
If the Pacers do not act quickly, they risk becoming the next team to experience a significant decline after reaching the conference finals last season.
Their defense remains subpar while their offense is in need of improvement. After suffering from a hamstring injury last year,哈利伯顿 has struggled to deliver MVP-caliber performances; meanwhile, third-year player马瑟林 does little to assist him in the backcourt.
The duo's combined on-court time yields an offensive efficiency ranking below 55% league-wide—only marginally outperforming opponents by 1.4 points per hundred possessions.
Adding defensive-minded and tall wings could relieve some pressure off them; trading 马瑟林 or贾雷斯-沃克 for two-way players would also be beneficial as well as acquiring another scorer since 马瑟林’s assist rate ranks among one of his position's worst performers.
This means that with 哈利伯顿 taking up around 30% of their salary cap alongside top-tier free agent西亚卡姆 already signed into this roster—the team's current direction isn't rebuilding but rather addressing critical weaknesses via trades whilst hoping for health restoration from 哈利伯顿 soon enough.